A mystery race ?

[Reaper Steve]

IMHO, the dude on the cover of the PHB could be interpreted as more draconic than fiendish, so if there is an eighth race, I'm going with some sort of dragonman.

The character in plate with a green sword, or the one in leather with red skin, horns, and red daggers?
I suspect you are addressing the latter... that character is a chick, not a dude.

 

[Howndawg]

The character in plate with a green sword, or the one in leather with red skin, horns, and red daggers?
I suspect you are addressing the latter... that character is a chick, not a dude.

I'm talking about the wizard/warlock on the PHB who looks like a tiefling with a dragon's tail. The face looks pretty demonic, but the tail...

 

[Arkham]

I think the obvious mystery race hasn't been mentioned yet.

It will of course be Myconids.

What's not to love? They're great to have on adventures. They are fun guys...

 

[Reaper Steve]

I'm talking about the wizard/warlock on the PHB who looks like a tiefling with a dragon's tail. The face looks pretty demonic, but the tail...

Ah, OK.

 

[Hairfoot]

My top three guesses would be kobold, drow, or firbolg/half-giant.

 

[Blair Goatsblood]

Another vote for Lizardmen. Even the 4E picture they had of one looked apropriate for Thog Smash! Although I prefer the sleek lizardmen of the 1st ed. MM.

 

[grimslade]

I would be all over a Lizardfolk character. If the monk were in the PHB1, Flurry of Tail Slaps is where it's at.
I could see Orcs as a PC race. Go with the Eberron/Warcraft style barbarian shamanistic type. I like the whole Hobgoblin/Goblin/Bugbear trinity for evil mooks a lot better. And they should be dark fey too. Orcs always seemed like odd man out.
Maybe we'll get an aassiimmaarr type race. A celestial touched to balance the tiefling. New name though would be nice.
A Shadowfell race? Necropolitan - too WoWish not Hollowfaust-ish Shadar-kai too powerful
Or maybe the Changeling reimagined. The washed out identity lost fugitives of the Shadowfell.

 

[Rechan]

Or maybe the Changeling reimagined. The washed out identity lost fugitives of the Shadowfell.

Oh man. That has sexy written all over it.

 

[Aldarc]

So you do not think that the developers would not wait on the changeling as a playable race until Eberron?

 

[grimslade]

So you do not think that the developers would not wait on the changeling as a playable race until Eberron?

There was a statement made right after GenCon by one of the designers that if something was mechanically cool enough for a campaign setting, it should be in the core rulebooks.
I interpreted this to mean that if it could be used outside of the campaign setting, it should not be exclusively tied to the campaign setting. Changelings are good for any campaign, IMHO. The background of Eberron enriches the changeling the same way Darguun enriches goblins. The basic creature is great but Eberron gives it polish and a shine.

Thinking back on it, the changeling would be better served as a Feywild born creature switched with human children in their cribs. The folktale changeling returned.

I like the Shadowfell fit as well. There is something about a creature that can adjust its features to look like anyone but has no real recognizable features of its own. It fits with the whole time-ravaged decay and washed out colors of the Shadowfell. Undead fit best probably, but again Eberron comes up with the concept of the plane of the dead where you slowly lose your memories and identity that tints my perception. That and Earthsea